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- 191: Adult Education In The U.S
- ... Metacognitive proficiency is very much associated with the ability to be reflective and think critically. Models of critical thinking not only help describe the metacognitive processes associated with self-directed learning, but can be of great assistance in helping students become metacognitively responsible for their learning (Garrison, 1992). To be aware of this internal and external input, and to use it to construct meaning and shape strategies is to self-monitor ... example, low self-efficacy beliefs for the prevention of aversive or harmful events lead to agitation or anxiety (Bandura, 1988). Lw self-efficacy beliefs for attaining highly desired goals or outcomes lead to despondency or depression (Bandura, 1986). Second, self-efficacy for controlling the cognition that influence emotion can, in part, determine emotional responses. People can become distressed about their apparent inability to control or terminate disturbing thoughts and aversive cognitions ... are concerned with beliefs about personal control and effectiveness (e.g., Peterson & Stunkard, 1992). Most of this work has been directed toward understanding the effect of explanations for negative life events on perceived helplessness and depression (Brewin, 1985, Robins, 1988). Helplessness beliefs are closely related to self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectancies. Explanations or attributions, however, are beliefs about the causes of events that have already occurred; self-efficacy and ...
- 192: Materialism - The Great Gatsby
- ... it often causes people to strive for material perfection, rather than a spiritual one. This has been a truth since the beginnings of America, such as the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, which is an example of this set in the 20’s. The characters in this novel are too fixed on material things, losing sight of what is really important. The characters in The Great Gatsby take a materialistic attitude that causes them to fall into a downward spiral of empty hope and zealous obsession. Fitzgerald contrasts Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway to display how the materialistic attitude of the 1920’s leads many to hopeless depression and how materialism never constitutes happiness. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby, a character who spends his entire adult life raising his status, only to show the stupidity of the materialistic attitude. Rather than hard work, ...
- 193: The Newbury Centralized School
- ... community were also held at the school. Newbury’s Centralized School, being an exceptional school for its time, met the needs of the students and the community in 1930. The Newbury Centralized School was a great school, however, building the school and getting the vote for permission to build the school were slow in coming. These goals were delayed due to a couple of reasons. One of the reasons is that ... was completed during the first part of the school year in 1929. Now that the school building was constructed, the students and community could enjoy a exceptional educational facility. The Newbury Centralized School was a great school building and it was built at a great price. The price, 75,000 dollars, was a great deal because soon after the building was constructed, professionals estimated that the building was worth 100,000 dollars (Geauga Republican Record 14 Sept. 1928). This ...
- 194: Summary of The Great Gatsby
- Summary of The Great Gatsby The novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, made it's smashing debut during the raging twenties of America. Fitzgerald's creation critiqued the culture of America's East, and naturally people have responded with nothing but ... which tells him money will buy him everything, only to realize that it could not buy him love. Gatsby thinks that money and culture will make him invincible, but this is proven wrong when the Depression comes and Gatsby's hopes and dreams vanish, by realizing that wealth cannot change the past. This symbolism and pure, simple entertainment proves that The Great Gatsby may not be the perfect novel, but ...
- 195: Prozac: Harmful or Helpful?
- Prozac: Harmful or Helpful? Many people suffer from depression at some point in their lives. Among women in western countries, major depression is by far the most common illness (Shorter 43). Treatment for depression varies among health care providers, but the prescription of antidepressants seems to be the most common remedy. Prozac and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are being used to treat depression, panic disorder, bulimia, obsessive- ...
- 196: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform. Although the flood waters of poverty, unemployment, and famine known as the Great Depression began to recede under Hoover’s administration, it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his administration who saw to the retreat of the destitute ways of life that had enveloped the nation. When FDR took office ... the change known as the “New Deal”. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs aimed at three R’s - relief, recovery, and reform. Also, through his New Deal programs, one can see all he did during the Depression to relieve suffering and jump start the economy. In the New Deal program, Roosevelt had short and long - range goals. One of his first short-range goals was relief - especially in the first 100 ...
- 197: China 4
- I. GREAT WALL OF CHINA. The biggest man made structure ever built, is the Great Wall Of China. The Great Wall Of China is a wall that was built during the Chin dynasty. The Emperor during the Qin dynasty, Qin Shihuangdi, gave the order to build the wall. Parts of the enormous structure date ...
- 198: Barn Burning
- Written as it was, at the ebb of the 1930s, a decade of social, economic, and cultural tumult, the decade of the Great Depression, William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" may be read and discussed in our classrooms as just that--a story of the '30s, for "Barn Burning" offers students insights into these years as they were ... in June of 1939 in Harper's Magazine and later awarded the 0. Henry Memorial Award for the best short story of the year. Whether read alone, as part of a thematic unit on the Depression era, or as an element of an interdisciplinary course of the Depression '30s, "Barn Burning" can be used to awaken students to the race, class, and economic turmoil of the decade. During the 1930s, ...
- 199: Suicide
- ... these days, many people cannot deal with the pressures and sometimes they become depressed or suicidal. This report is a collection of facts and gathered information dealing with suicide. Many sources were used in writing Depression is commonly associated with suicide. The #1 cause of suicide is untreated depression. A person feels that their life is hopeless and that they are helpless. They feel there is no way out. "Of the many millions of Americans who suffer from depression in any given year, 80% can be effectively treated, but only 30% seek help and of that number, slightly more than half are accurately diagnosed and receive appropriate treatment ( www.save.org/)". Depression is ...
- 200: The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby's Great Morals and Lack of Glamour
- The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby's Great Morals and Lack of Glamour The Great Gatsby is a book of many different interpretations. One cannot begin to examine the conflicts without knowing the positions of each of the characters. This story portrays the American Dream very well, which each ...
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